Today’s B ride from Weybridge attracted 26 or 27 riders (is this a record?); so we divided into 2 groups, with the second group, led by Terry, supposedly following the first group, led by me, at a distance of one or two hundred yards.
We lost the second group almost immediately because group 1 crossed the Addlestone to Byfleet railway line by the Mill footbridge near the river Wey, while group 2 took the traditional route and were delayed by the closed level crossing outside Addlestone station. Luckily, as we were crossing Station Road we noticed them waiting on the other side of the level crossing and the 2 groups were immediately reunited. But in view of this incident I took the revolutionary step of revealing to Terry the name and address of the planned lunch venue and also gave him one or two small clues on how we were going to get there. I was soon glad I had done so because somewhere between Lyne and Trumps Green we lost them again only to find they had somehow overtaken us and were waiting patiently a couple of miles further on, half way along picturesque (and exceedingly posh) West Drive on the Wentworth Estate. After Wentworth, we proceeded in a combined group through Sunningdale to lunch at the “Thatched Tavern” at Cheapside near Ascot. Despite the size of our party, lunch was served promptly by efficient and friendly staff in the pub’s sunny garden.
After lunch we traversed Windsor Park to Bishopsgate, then via Englefield Green to Egham. Here the majority of riders followed Irene to tea at the Walled Garden, Sunbury while a minority went to tea at Pam’s house.
John Gould
We lost the second group almost immediately because group 1 crossed the Addlestone to Byfleet railway line by the Mill footbridge near the river Wey, while group 2 took the traditional route and were delayed by the closed level crossing outside Addlestone station. Luckily, as we were crossing Station Road we noticed them waiting on the other side of the level crossing and the 2 groups were immediately reunited. But in view of this incident I took the revolutionary step of revealing to Terry the name and address of the planned lunch venue and also gave him one or two small clues on how we were going to get there. I was soon glad I had done so because somewhere between Lyne and Trumps Green we lost them again only to find they had somehow overtaken us and were waiting patiently a couple of miles further on, half way along picturesque (and exceedingly posh) West Drive on the Wentworth Estate. After Wentworth, we proceeded in a combined group through Sunningdale to lunch at the “Thatched Tavern” at Cheapside near Ascot. Despite the size of our party, lunch was served promptly by efficient and friendly staff in the pub’s sunny garden.
After lunch we traversed Windsor Park to Bishopsgate, then via Englefield Green to Egham. Here the majority of riders followed Irene to tea at the Walled Garden, Sunbury while a minority went to tea at Pam’s house.
John Gould
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